Kakao Mobility Proposes 'Smart, Budget-Friendly Travel Tips' for Chuseok
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Kakao Mobility unveiled its 'Smart, Budget-Friendly Travel Tips' ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The travel tips consist of using Kakao Navi and Kakao T Rental. Kakao Mobility said the initiative is intended to ease the burden on drivers amid a sharp increase in traffic on trips home and back for the holiday.
Kakao Mobility unveiled its 'Smart, Budget-Friendly Travel Tips' on the 21st ahead of the Chuseok holiday. The tips consist of using Kakao Navi to improve driving convenience and Kakao T Rental to offer a wider range of vehicle options. The company said the initiative is intended to ease the burden on drivers as traffic surges on holiday trips home and back.
Kakao Mobility also introduced recent updates to Kakao Navi. The latest changes focus on improving driving convenience for long-distance drivers.
Kakao Navi provides recommended routes that take accidents and congestion into account during navigation. It also explains the 'reasons for recommending the real-time optimal route' when presenting the recommended route, helping drivers clearly understand road conditions.
Kakao Navi now lets users check 'real-time CCTV footage' by selecting a speech bubble on the screen guidance when entering a congested section. Kakao Mobility expects this feature to help ease drivers' frustration as traffic surges during the holiday period.
As the risk of accidents rises during the holiday break, drivers need to check their personal driving habits through Driving Score and practice safe driving. The Kakao Navi app offers a 'Driving Score' page in the 'Driving Life' menu at the lower left, where users can check their personal driving score, the number of speeding incidents, hard accelerations, and hard decelerations.
In addition, if users meet conditions such as app usage, driving at least 500 km over the past 6 months, and maintaining a certain score or higher, they can receive an insurance premium discount when signing up for or renewing auto insurance. The discount conditions are app usage, driving at least 500 km over the past 6 months, and maintaining a certain score or higher.
Kakao Mobility plans to expand its UBI partners to encourage safe driving. Its existing UBI partners are DB Insurance and AXA Insurance, while the additional UBI partners will be KB Insurance and Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance, bringing the total number of UBI partner insurers to 4. However, discount rates and enrollment procedures differ by partner insurer.
Kakao Mobility has also significantly expanded vehicle choices on Kakao T Rental to meet holiday demand. During the holidays, family trips and long-distance driving tend to increase.
Kakao Mobility said it has overhauled both rental car and navigation services to reduce travel burdens in line with Chuseok holiday demand. The company said it is pursuing measures tailored to the Chuseok holiday to ease the burden on drivers.
In the rental car segment, the company is connecting more than 500 small and midsize rental car operators nationwide and expanding EV options to strengthen the lineup of vehicles with lower fuel and toll costs. The EV lineup now includes more than 50 models, including Tesla, Polestar, and BYD. It has also added premium vans that can be used as family cars. Kakao T Rental users can compare vehicles in the Kakao T app, with comparison items including brand, model year, rental price, and insurance terms. The selection range extends from mainstream brands and premium imported brands to supercars and camper vans, allowing users to choose vehicles according to their preferences and purpose.
Kakao Mobility is also running a first-come, first-served special deal event for specific models. The event runs through October 11, and the eligible models include the Avante, Sonata, K5, and Trax. The event offers 3-day rentals in the KRW 100,000 range, with the aim of helping users access holiday transportation at a reasonable price.
Regarding navigation services, Kakao Mobility said it is also enhancing convenient features such as CCTV checks. It added that it has significantly expanded rental car options and benefits, and that it expects the smarter Kakao T and Kakao Navi to help reduce fatigue on trips home and back for the holiday. It also said it hopes everyone has a comfortable and safe holiday.
Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Gwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407208
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